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Summer: aka the time of year when the need to get out of the house and find something fun to do ratchets up a notch or two on the priority list. Memorial Day being the unofficial first day of the season, we thought we'd help you out by opening our doors free of charge. That's right: it's time for another Target Free Holiday Monday.
If you haven't had a chance to see the Robin Rhode exhibition, now's a great time—the show closes on June 6. Also on view are exhibitions of Tibetan furniture, German expressionism, and art from the Pacific Islands. The latter will be complemented by a live performance of Hawaiian music and dance with Hawaiian Splendor and Ka Hale Hula O'Iolana at 12:30 and 2:45 pm. (Speaking of Hawaii, don't forget—we can help you get there. Talk about something to do this summer!)
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Cirque Show To Resume
But the show at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino will resume without the final aerial battle scene that resulted in the June 29 death of Sarah GuillotGuyard, spokeswoman Renee-Claude Menard said.
The decision to resume the show was made after consultation with the production's artists and staff, she said, and Tuesday night's show will be dedicated to the late Paris-born performer's memory.
The battle scene act will be replaced with a "dressing-ritual" scene that maintains both the story line of the production and its 90-minute length.
Coroner's officials have ruled that the 31-year-old Guillot-Guyard's death by blunt force trauma was an accident. She was still in her harness when she fell.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation that could take six months.
Horrified audience members who witnessed the accident say they initially thought the acrobat's fall was part of the show. They say they realized something had gone wrong when they heard cries of performers.
The show momentarily continued, then stopped. Minutes after the accident, a recorded announcement informed audience members that refunds or vouchers to future shows would be offered, and the crowd was dismissed.
Cirque du Soleil officials say it was the first time a performer has died from an onstage accident in the company's 29-year history.
The mother of two was a French citizen and Las Vegas resident. She had been with the original cast of Ka since 2006, and had been an acrobatic performer for more than 20 years.
Plans call for Ka to resume with a modified schedule with shows starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The regular schedule, also featuring late shows at 9:30 p.m., will resume July 23.


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The author of Tuesdays with Morrie says he has learned that he is "neither smarter nor better" than other people
Have a Little Faith: A True Story. By Mitch Albom. Hyperion, 254 pp., $23.99.
By Janice Harayda
More than two decades ago, the Unitarian minister Robert Fulghum achieved bestsellerdom with All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, a small book that offered twee advice such as, "Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you" and "Flush." For Mitch Albom the font of wisdom appears to have materialized in what is euphemistically called "midlife."
In his bestselling Tuesdays With Morrie and the new Have a Little Faith, Albom assumes the posture of an innocent who became a man of the world without having learned the basic lessons that Fulghum seems to have picked up between games of dodgeball. He is not, it appears, a quick study.
Albom said in Tuesdays With Morrie that during his talks with a dying former professor, he learned that "love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone." He writes in his new book that he has learned fresh lessons — about what he calls "faith" — from Albert Lewis, the New Jersey rabbi who presided over his bar mitzvah in 1971, and a pastor to the homeless in Detroit. Lewis told Albom that whenever he looked at a picture of the family he loves, he thought, "This is your immortality." But if love keeps you alive – at least in others' hearts – isn't that what Albom learned from Morrie Schwartz?
No discovery seems too basic for Albom not to cast as a revelation as he and Lewis talk about cosmic and earthly questions: What makes people happy? Why does it mean to be good? How can you cope with tragedy? Albom is amazed when Lewis asks a Hindu health aide about her belief in reincarnation. "How can you – a cleric – be so open-minded?" he asks, as though shocked that the rabbi isn't a bigot. The news that his old synagogue has extensive files on its history seems to fill him with wonder. "I didn't know there were files," he tells the woman who informed him of it. Imagine: A synagogue that keeps good records!
Under the rubric of "faith" Albom writes about religion in such a generalized feel-good way that you're not sure how his view differs from the God-is-love school of theology or even New Age psychobabble. You wonder if he knows. Albom says he wrote Have a Little Faith "in the hope that all faiths can find something universal in the story," and it's full of pseudoprofundities such as, "we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart." But the view of "immortality" that he seems to advocate – that you find your afterlife in the memories of others – is far more Jewish than Christian (not to mention, Hindu, Buddhist, or Muslim). Certainly few Christians would disagree that people "live on" in others' minds. But Christian theology holds that things like "comfort, love and a peaceful heart" are not the ultimate aim. They are the byproducts of a larger goal, which is salvation through Christ.
Albom tries to keep the book from tilting toward his religion by interweaving chapters about his old rabbi with sections on Henry Covington, an ex-drug dealer who began a ministry to the homeless after a spiritual plea bargain: One night when he thought killers were trailing him, he decided that if he survived, he would devote his life to Jesus. But in these sections Albom keeps his distance from theology and focuses on matters such as whether the pastor's church can keep the lights on, so the spiritual heart of the story lies in Lewis, who set the book in motion by asking his former congregant to give his eulogy.
Like Albom's recent novel For One More Day, his new book is written at third-grade reading level, according to readability statistics that are part of the spell-checker on Microsoft Word.* Have a Little Faith is more interesting than that homespun parable in because Lewis is a bit of card – he kept a mock parking sign in his office that said, YOU TAKA MY SPACE / I BREAKA YOUR FACE — and the book has excerpts from his sermons. It also includes the fine eulogy Albom eventually gave for Lewis that may inspire you if you have to give a similar talk. Otherwise, you are well-advised keep in mind something Albom says he learned while writing this book: He is "neither smarter nor better" than others, just luckier.
Best line: The first line of the Twenty-third Psalm, quoted by Lewis in a sermon: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Worst line: No. 1: "January arrived and the calendar changed. It was 2008. Before the year was done, there would be a new U.S. President, an economic earthquake, a sinkhole of confidence, and tens of millions unemployed or without homes. Storm clouds were gathering." Yes, when January arrives, the calendar usually does change. No. 2: "What do you do when you lose a loved one too quickly? When you have no time to prepare before, suddenly, that soul is gone?
"Ironically, the man who could best answer that question was sitting in front of me." This is a misuse of "ironically." Nothing "ironic" is happening here.
About the reading level of this book: To figure the reading level of Have a Little Faith, I entered into a computer the full text of pages 24–25, 124–125, 224–225 and pages 164–165, then ran the spell-checker on Microsoft Word, which shows you the Flesch-Kincaid reading level at the bottom of the stats window. The reading levels for the pages averaged Grade 3. 7 and ranged from a low of Grade 2.8 to a high of Grade 6.5. The passages entered include only words written by Albom, none by Lewis. A comparison of Albom's level and that of other authors appears here.
Published: September 2009
You can also follow Jan Harayda on Twitter at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda.
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Let go of fears that hold you back.
This is part 1 of a 7-Part Stop Distracting Thoughts Meditation Series, Episodes 1346-1352.
As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
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Etna High 2013 Marble Mountain Baseball Tournament: Lions and Miners face off at tournament
ETNA - Two local teams battled it out on Saturday as the Yreka Miners and Etna Lions faced off in the third place game of the 2013 Marble Mountain Baseball Tournament.
Playing at the Fort Jones Field in front of a packed crowd full of Lions and Miners fans, Etna pulled off the 5-0 win to finish it's home tournament 3-1.
Despite the Miners giving up only three hits, the Lions were able to capitalize on walks to score runs and had a top notch pitching performance by ace Preston Munson to seal the win. The Miners finished the tournament 2-2.
The contest was scoreless until the third inning when the Lions put up two runs. Etna put up three more runs in the fifth inning. Munson earned the win and had six strikeouts.
"He did a great job and pitched well," Etna head coach Collin Krueger said.
"He kept our guys off balance. They are a good team," Yreka head coach Jason Freitas said. "They beat us fair and square."
For Etna, Ricky Reynolds went 2-for-2 with an RBI and Tyler Murphy went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two runs.
This was the second time this season the two teams have met. The first time was a scrimmage game in Yreka that Etna won 5-0. Etna improved to 5-4-1 overall while Yreka is now 3-5-1 for the year.
Krueger said that it was nice to do well at their home tournament and end things with a win against a quality team like Yreka.
"It definitely gives our kids a bit of a confidence boost," he said.
Besides Fort Jones, games were also played in Etna at the two-day, eight team tournament.
Etna Games
The Lions opened the tournament up with a 7-5 victory against fellow Shasta Cascade team Modoc on Friday. Etna was up 7-1 in the sixth and final inning when Modoc smacked in four runs as the Lions ended up with a two run victory.
Trevor Stacher was the winning pitcher and had eight strikeouts and gave up only three hits and one earned run. Nick Meyer was 4-for-4, and Munson went 2-for-2 with an RBI. Murphy went 2-for-4.
The next game the Lions struggled against Anderson High and lost 12-3. Murphy went 2-for-2 with a run and Stacher was 1-for-3 with two RBI's.
On Saturday morning Etna put on a clinic and crushed Tulelake 15-0. Meyer earned the win and had six strikeouts and gave up a single hit. Andrew Stone went 4-for-4 with two runs and RBI. Meyer went 2-for-2 with three runs. Austin Berry went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI's.
Overall, Krueger was pleased with the Lions taking third in the tournament.
"I think we did well. Krueger said. "I think we improved." But, he said, he and the team know the season is still young and they have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to do well again this season after earning the SCL title last year and making it to the section title game.
"We still have things we need to work on," he said. "We did make some mental errors and that bugged me."
Etna next plays on Wednesday at Phoenix, Ore., in doubleheader action.
Yreka Games
Yreka did not have a good start to the tournament as they were soundly defeated by former fellow Northern Athletic League opponent West Valley, 8-0.
The Eagles had five runs in the first inning and cruised to the win. It did not help that starting pitcher Cody Hoff was hit on the calf by a pitch and had to leave the game in the first inning, Freitas said. He was able to participate in the rest of the tournament and appears to be OK, Freitas said. It also did not help tht the team was not focused, including having four players not having the proper equipment before the start of the game, he said,
"We didn't play well," Freitas said. "We were not mentally in it. We had no fight in us."
Evan Bosinger went 2-for-2 and Matt Jespersen was 1-for-2 with a double and two stolen bases.
Things went much better the next game against fellow NAL opponent Central Valley as the Miners earned a 12-5 victory. Yreka had five runs to start the contest. "We came out and battled," Freitas said.
Yreka had 13 hits for the game. "We put the ball in play more," Freitas said. Andy Andreas was 2-for-3 with two RBI's and a double. Cade Parker went 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. Michael Schuler had two runs, a stolen base and a double, while Dustin Jochim had two runs and an RBI.
Christian Charles had a run and a double for the Miners. Evan Bosinger had two RBI's for Yreka. Hoff had a run and an RBI and Gabe Durney finished with two runs. Curt Bennett earned the win for the Miners and had two strikeouts.
On Saturday morning, Yreka cruised to a 14-2 victory against Hoopa. Freitas said that the team did a good job hitting the ball as they cranked out 11 runs in the first inning. Parker earned the win and struck out nine batters. He also had a run, and RBI and an double. Durney went 2-for-2 and had two runs three RBI's, an double and a triple. Schuler finished with two runs, an RBI, a double and a stolen base. Charles finished with two runs and an RBI.
After some early season struggles, Freitas said he thought his squad was much more consistent and was pleased overall with the Miners performance at the tournament.
Now, he said, his squad must prepare for the start of the Northern Athletic League and believes his team has the potential to again repeat as league champions. Freitas believes that if his team continues to work on the fundamentals and not let mental mistakes get the best of them they should be in good shape in the NAL again this season.
Anderson High, a member of the NAL along with Yreka, won the Etna tournament. Yreka and Anderson open the NAL season on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Anderson. Yreka hosts Anderson for single game this Friday.


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No asterisk needed; Bonds will get justice
Somewhere in an attic, a crawlspace or, most likely, a landfill is a Henry Aaron autograph that I foolishly misplaced.
Aaron signed my pink (don't ask) autograph book in the early to mid-'60s, well before anyone thought he would break Babe Ruth's all-time home-run record.
I'm sure his autograph and his 1962 Topps card is with my baseball card collection, which would be the envy of any serious fan.
He signed my book "Henry Aaron," which confused me because the baseball cards all said "Hank Aaron."
His best season to that point was 1962, when he hit 45 home runs and drove in 130. He was a steady performer. He never was a threat to hit 60 home runs and never hit more than 47 in a year (1971). He's remembered for his slugging prowess, yet he was an excellent runner as well. He stole 31 bases in 1963.
I remember him getting off the team bus and graciously signing autographs for us kids. I don't think he refused anyone, unlike a couple of his Milwaukee Braves teammates, who walked past us as if we didn't exist.
It's amazing what sticks in the mind of a 9-year-old. I respected Aaron before I got that autograph and even more afterward. I thought he was one of baseball's class acts.
My memories of Aaron have been revived because Barry Bonds is about to break Aaron's record for most home runs hit in a career.
I've never met Bonds or tried to get his autograph, but from everything I read in newspapers and magazines and see on television, he may be in a class by himself, but he's not a class act.
I should like Bonds. His father, Bobby, was one of my favorite players, and his godfather, Willie Mays, was the best all-around player ever, in my humble opinion. But Bonds comes across as a pompous, self-centered jerk and many consider him the ultimate cheater.
His run to Aaron's record is tainted by allegations he has used steroids to enhance his performance. Some longtime baseball fans think Bonds' record should be marked with an asterisk because of the steroid allegations.
That's not necessary, because if Bonds has been using steroids he will die young.
One of the facts glossed over in many of the stories about how steroids make you bigger and stronger is that steroids will kill you.
There's plenty of evidence of that in the sports world. Steroids were not the direct cause of these deaths, but it would be naive to think they didn't contribute in some way.
Chris Benoit, professional wrestler. Benoit killed his wife, his son and himself. Toxicology reports showed Benoit had steroids and other drugs in his system. He was 40.
Ken Caminiti, the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1996, admitted in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he used steroids when he won the award. He died at age 41 of a heart attack.
Lyle Alzado, pro football player. Alzado became the poster boy for steroid abuse when he became one of the first professional athletes to admit to using the drug. He died from brain lymphoma, a rare form of cancer, at age 43. Although there is no medical link between steroids and brain lymphoma, Alzado said drugs caused his cancer.
John Matuszak, pro football player. It was never proved that Matuszak took steroids, but few people die at age 38 just because they've partied too hard in their lives.
Steroids are so dangerous, President Bush talked about them in his State of the Union Address in 2004.
"To help children make right choices, they need good examples," Bush said. "Athletics play such an important role in our society, but, unfortunately, some in professional sports are not setting much of an example. The use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids in baseball, football and other sports is dangerous, and it sends the wrong message — that there are shortcuts to accomplishment, and that performance is more important than character. So tonight I call on team owners, union representatives, coaches and players to take the lead, to send the right signal, to get tough and to get rid of steroids now."
Steroids are addictive — you get addicted to results. They are not a magic pill — you still have to spend hours in the gym to make your muscles grow — but once you stop using them, your gains disappear. Most athletes don't want to take that chance, so they remain on the deadly cycle.
Perhaps Bonds is as innocent as he claims, but many see his assault on the record books as an assault on the purity of baseball itself.
Perhaps he'll live a long life. He just turned 43. Hank Aaron is 73.
Wally Haas is editorial page editor of the Rockford Register Star. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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This week's mystery movie has been the 1949 Walter Wanger film "Reign of Terror" later retitled "The Black Book," with Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, Charles McGraw, Beulah Bondi and Jess Barker. The story and screenplay were by Philip Yordan and Aeneas MacKenzie, music by Sol Kaplan, photography by John Alton, art direction by Edward Ilou, orchestrations by George Parrish, conducted by Charles Previn. The film was produced by William Cameron Menzies, who did storyboards for the film, and directed by Anthony Mann. It was shot using the sets from the 1948 Walter Wanger film "Joan of Arc" as a way to recoup some of the financial losses from that movie.
The movie, which lapsed into public domain, is available on DVD from many sources, including TCM.
Writing in the New York Times (Oct. 17, 1949), A.W. said:
Since the events attendant on the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror were, to put it mildly, lively, the producers of "The Black Book" can hardly be blamed for choosing the period for purposes of filming. And, the period piece which clattered into the Globe on Saturday is simply good, old-fashioned action melodrama in which the horses, villains and the guillotine are not spared and which seems closer to standard Hollywood writing than it is to Thomas Carlyle. Suffice it to say that the derring-do is constant, hectic and familiar even if the history is obscure.
For Monday, we finally find out what Back of the Head Guy looks like!
Humph. A bit blurry, I would say.
Update: This is Charles Gordon.
For Tuesday, we have a mystery gent. Ignore Top of the Head Guy, who will make his appearance later in the week.
Update: This is Wilton Graff.
Brain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and Monday's mystery guest).
For Wednesday, we have a rather disreputable mystery gent.
Update: This is Arnold Moss.
Brain Trust roll call: Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday's mystery guest), Mary Mallory (mystery movie and Back of the Head Guy) and Benito (mystery movie).
For Thursday, we have a not terribly mysterious guest. I have cropped out our even less mysterious leading man, who will make his bow tomorrow. (ps. Mary Mallory points out that he is being honored at Cinecon tonight).
Update: This is Norman Lloyd.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Wednesday's mystery guest), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday's mystery guest), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and Wednesday's mystery guest), Sheila (mystery movie and Wednesday's mystery guest), L.C. (mystery movie and mystery cast) and Don Danard (Wednesday's mystery guest).
For Friday, we have this menacing mystery guest.
Update: This is Richard Basehart.
And this somewhat mysterious lady.
Update: This is Arlene Dahl.
And this totally unmysterious leading man.
Update: This is Robert Cummings.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday's mystery guest), Howard Mandelbaum (Thursday's mystery guest), Mike Hawks (Thursday's mystery guest), Don Danard (Thursday's mystery guest), Tucson Barbara (mystery movie, Wednesday's and Thursday's mystery guests), Roget-L.A. (Thursday's mystery guest), Lee Ann, Megan and Thom (mystery movie and Wednesday's and Thursday's mystery guests), Patrick (mystery movie and Thursday's mystery guest), Beachgal (mystery movie, Monday's Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's mystery guests) and Jenny M. (mystery movie and Thursday's mystery guest).


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Members-only marijuana clubs open in Colorado
DENVER - Recreational marijuana clubs opened Monday in Colorado, less than a month after the state governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational pot use.
With a reggae soundtrack and flashing disco-style lights, Club 64 in an industrial area just north of downtown Denver opened Monday afternoon, with some 200 people signed up. The opening came less than 24 hours after club organizers announced they would charge a $29.99 admission price for the bring-your-own pot club.
Two Colorado clubs were believed to be the first legal pot dens in the nation.
New Club 64 members were firing up bongs and exchanging hugs before the sun set Monday, and they also planned to ring in the new year together.
"Look at this!" an excited Chloe Villano exclaimed as the club she created over the weekend opened. "We were so scared because we didn't want it to be crazy. But this is crazy! People want this."
Colorado's marijuana amendment prohibits public consumption, and smoke-free laws also appear to ban indoor smokeouts. But Club 64 attorney Robert Corry, who cut a ribbon at 4:20 p.m. for the new club, said private pot dens are permissible because marijuana isn't sold, nor is it food or drink. Villano, the club owner, said the pot club would meet monthly at different locations, with the $29.99 membership fee good for only one event.
On Monday, the pot club was meeting in a hemp-based clothing store near downtown. Hooded sweatshirts and backpacks were shoved to a corner. In the main area, a few small tables sat next to a screen showing "The Big Lebowski."
A bar decorated with blue Christmas lights handed out sodas and Club 64's official snacks - Goldfish and Cheetos. The snacks were inspired by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who warned marijuana users the night of the marijuana vote, "don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly." Club 64 gets its name from the number of the amendment.
The Denver Post reported that a similar pot club opened earlier Monday in the small southern Colorado town of Del Norte (del-NORT').
Corry said the pot clubs are intended for people who can't use marijuana at home because of local ordinance or because their landlords threaten eviction.
"It's just a place for adults to exercise their constitutional rights together," Corry said. "We're not selling pot here."
Among the new Club 64 members planning to ring in the New Year was Joe Valenciano of Denver. He heard about Club 64 yesterday and signed up immediately.
"We need more clubs like this," Valenciano said.
An hour after opening, no police were seen outside Club 64. Villano said the club wanted to open symbolically at 4:20 p.m., but that the party wouldn't get going until about 9 p.m., when DJs were scheduled to start as members prepared for pot-filled countdown to burn in the New Year.